Art Teacher (including teaching Photography)

ART TEACHER
Main pay scale   
To commence January 2025

Baysgarth School is a comprehensive school which is built on strong family values,  where everyone is seen, recognised and valued. This had led to us becoming one of the most successful and oversubscribed schools in the region. 

Our students are amazing.  They are intelligent, articulate, funny, welcoming and appreciative of great teaching.  They deserve the best and we intend to make sure that this is what they receive, in every subject, every day of their school lives.  

To do this we need outstanding teachers who are dedicated, passionate, dynamic, caring and inspiring.  We strongly feel we have a world class staff team and we are looking for someone to join one of the strongest teams within it. 

We are currently looking for an inspirational art teacher who has the skills and experience to continue to deliver the outstanding results we have come to expect from the Art Faculty. Our current art department  is a strong and supportive team who are creative and innovative and they are looking for a team member to contribute to this as they continually strive to maximise the creative potential of all our students. 

In addition our staff are all expected to have strong inclusive values and play a significant pastoral role, ensuring all our students feel cared for. We pride ourselves on strong relationships with students and the role of the form tutor is the most important one for each student. 
 
The school boosts outstanding facilities in all areas, reflecting our commitment to our staff and students in ensuring the very best conditions for learning. The art department are based in rooms they designed themselves, ensuring the environment supports their ambition and creativity. 

Baysgarth School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The successful applicant will be required to apply for enhanced disclosure from the DBS.

If you are inspired by the challenge and responsibility of this opportunity, we would like to hear from you.  Further details and an application form can be downloaded from the school’s website.  If you would like to discuss any aspect of the post or organise a visit, please feel free to contact our Deputy Head, Mr Andy North, via andrew.north@baysgarthachool.co.uk
 

Why join us?

We offer:

Competitive salaries

Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions up to 18.5%

Generous annual leave and Bank Holiday entitlement

Flexible and agile working

A modern workplace with access to great technology

Salary sacrifice schemes- ie the option to purchase additional holidays or a bike to cycle to work

Family friendly policies supporting fostering, adoption and caring responsibilities

Our values and culture

We stay true to our values:

Equality of opportunity so everyone can have a good quality of life.

Striving for excellence and high standards.

Using our resources wisely and with integrity.

Promoting self-responsibility and people having choice and control over their own lives.

Our organisational goals are to be:

Progressive and enabling in our approach.

Financially and environmentally sustainable.

Safer recruitment

As an employer, we will:

· Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers.

· Commit to the recruitment of a diverse workforce to best meet the needs of our customers.

· Ensure that recruitment decisions are based on reasonable and objective criteria, free from bias or unfair discrimination.

· Provide training for recruiters to ensure they are fully equipped with the skills to recruit the best people.

· Make reasonable adjustments to any aspect of the process to meet individual need, where known.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references which will be sought prior to interview.

The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ds-code-of-practice) 'It is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply to work in regulated activity with that group'

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and other pre-employment checks where applicable.